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'''Link'''s are commonly used on the [[Internet]] to provide navigation, reference, and depth where published text cannot. Typically the linked text is blue or underlined when displayed, and when selected by the [[user]], the referenced document is automatically displayed, wherever in the world it actually is stored. |
'''Link'''s are commonly used on the [[Internet]] to provide navigation, reference, and depth where published text cannot. Typically the linked text is blue or underlined when displayed, and when selected by the [[user]], the referenced document is automatically displayed, wherever in the world it actually is stored. |
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| − | :Links, for example, can be used to lead from overview documents to more detailed documents, from tables of contents to particular pages, but also as cross-references, footnotes, and new forms of information structure. A link may also take the user from the original [[website]] to another [[website]] on another [[computer]] connected to the [[Internet]]. These links from one [[computer]] to another, from one document to another across the [[Internet]], are what unify the [[Web]] into a single body of knowledge, and what makes the [[Web]] unique. The [[Web]] was designed with a maximum target time to follow a link of one tenth of a second.<ref>American Civil Liberties Union v. Reno, 929 F. Supp. 824, 836 (E.D. Pa. 1996), ''aff’d,'' [[Reno v. ACLU|Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union]], 521 U.S. 844 (1997).</ref> |
+ | :Links, for example, can be used to lead from overview documents to more detailed documents, from tables of contents to particular pages, but also as cross-references, footnotes, and new forms of information structure. A link may also take the user from the original [[website]] to another [[website]] on another [[computer]] connected to the [[Internet]]. These links from one [[computer]] to another, from one document to another across the [[Internet]], are what unify the [[Web]] into a single body of knowledge, and what makes the [[Web]] unique. The [[Web]] was designed with a maximum target time to follow a link of one tenth of a second.<ref>American Civil Liberties Union v. Reno, 929 F. Supp. 824, 836 (E.D. Pa. 1996)([http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=7999801392201013395&q=929+F.+Supp.+824&hl=en&as_sdt=2002 full-text]), ''aff’d,'' [[Reno v. ACLU|Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union]], 521 U.S. 844 (1997)([http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1557224836887427725&q=521+U.S.+844&hl=en&as_sdt=2002 full-text]).</ref> |
There are two types of '''links''' on the Internet — [[hyperlink]]s and [[inline link]]s. |
There are two types of '''links''' on the Internet — [[hyperlink]]s and [[inline link]]s. |
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Internet
Links are commonly used on the Internet to provide navigation, reference, and depth where published text cannot. Typically the linked text is blue or underlined when displayed, and when selected by the user, the referenced document is automatically displayed, wherever in the world it actually is stored.
- Links, for example, can be used to lead from overview documents to more detailed documents, from tables of contents to particular pages, but also as cross-references, footnotes, and new forms of information structure. A link may also take the user from the original website to another website on another computer connected to the Internet. These links from one computer to another, from one document to another across the Internet, are what unify the Web into a single body of knowledge, and what makes the Web unique. The Web was designed with a maximum target time to follow a link of one tenth of a second.[1]
There are two types of links on the Internet — hyperlinks and inline links.
Telecommunications
A link is a connection between two network devices or nodes.
References
- ↑ American Civil Liberties Union v. Reno, 929 F. Supp. 824, 836 (E.D. Pa. 1996)(full-text), aff’d, Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, 521 U.S. 844 (1997)(full-text).